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Shredded paper in green bin

  • 09-09-2010 8:44pm
    #1
    Gael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭


    Can anyone tell me what the usual practice is for putting shredded office paper in a domestic green bin (Thorntons). Should it be sealed in a plastic/paper bag, or can it be thrown in loose? I emailed Thorntons to ask, but got no reply.


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  • #2
    Judgement Day
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    Gael wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me what the usual practice is for putting shredded office paper in a domestic green bin (Thorntons). Should it be sealed in a plastic/paper bag, or can it be thrown in loose? I emailed Thorntons to ask, but got no reply.

    Given that it is all going to probably end up in some landfill I doubt it matters.


  • #3
    Gael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭Gael


    Judgement Day wrote: »
    Given that it is all going to probably end up in some landfill I doubt it matters.

    Well maybe I'm a nutcase who wants their landfill waste to be properly sorted. It must be an OCD thing or something. Anyone else got some vaguely useful advice?


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    djpbarry
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    Given that it is all going to probably end up in some landfill I doubt it matters.
    At what point are we going to drop this ridiculous assumption that recyclables are going straight to landfill? What sort of business model is that, would you mind explaining?

    OP, I don't see any reason why you should need to waste a bag - just dump the shredded paper straight into the bin.


  • #5
    Cookie_Monster
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    djpbarry wrote: »
    OP, I don't see any reason why you should need to waste a bag - just dump the shredded paper straight into the bin.

    the only downside of this could be the papery slime you end up ith at the bottom of the bin if it gets wet at all.


  • #6
    Gael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭Gael


    djpbarry wrote: »
    OP, I don't see any reason why you should need to waste a bag - just dump the shredded paper straight into the bin.

    Considering that the plastic bag will only end up in the refuse anyway, I wouldn't consider it to be wasted by being put into a recycling bin.


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  • #7
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I saw a green bin being collected and it was full of loose shredded paper. There was just a slight breeze - shreds ended up all over the street, so loose is just not a good idea. I would usually put it into a plastic bag that you can see through, any colour, so that they know its only paper and you're not trying to get away with putting the wrong thing in.


  • #8
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,529 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    I rang up Greenstar about this very question and they told me to put it straight into the bin, no plastic bag.


  • #9
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    Different companies/councils seem to have different rules on this one.

    Here (Antrim) were not supposed to put shredded paper in out recycling bin but we can put it in our "garden waste" bin :confused:

    Think it might have something to do with concerns about shredded paper being contaminated with plastic (windowed envelopes and wotnot) although surely they dont want it in the "garden" waste stream either ????


  • #10
    PaulGogartyTD
    Company Representative Posts: 115 Verified rep ✭PaulGogartyTD


    shredded should be able to go in straight, but if in doubt or to seal it, put in a paper bag or surrounded by card


  • #11
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Alun wrote: »
    I rang up Greenstar about this very question and they told me to put it straight into the bin, no plastic bag.

    All the collection companies say to do that of course, but if the shreds are blown all over the road, they won't be picking it up I'm sure. So you and/or your neighbours will have to do it.


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